Word: cadiz
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...must come before the welfare of the Empire. Her wiles prove so alluring that Nelson opts for permanent shore leave at his country estate in Surrey. But then Nelson's Flag Captain Hardy (Michael Jayston) pops up to press Nelson back into service. Villeneuve must be engaged at Cadiz, Hardy splutters, else Britain will be in great peril...
...figure for his sense of the precarious and tragic in human life. His nonsense verses, always catchy, should acquire renewed relevance today. They were the obverse of the solid moral copper coins given to good little Victorian children by the avuncular Establishment. His characters, like the "Old Person of Cadiz" or "Young Lady of Clare," are rarely righteous, and when they do practice virtue, it often goes refreshingly unrewarded. One thing this age will never really understand about Lear: his penchant for the nonporno limerick...
...since 1578, when Sir Francis Drake sacked Cadiz and sailed away with 3,000 casks of the rich, golden drink, have Spanish vintners been so outraged by British treatment of their proudest export - sherry. In London's Royal Courts of Justice, Spanish and British wine merchants are arguing a question that, depending on who loses, could sour a big business. The question...
...were joined by Writer John Blashill, who was TIME'S correspondent in Madrid for four years (1956-60). To catch the visual aspects, Senior Editor Peter Bird Martin, who handles color projects, flew to Madrid and clocked 1,250 miles in a rented car, ranging from Malaga and Cadiz in the south to Bilbao and Barcelona in the north...
...Trip to Cadiz. Such frank talk has the regime seriously worried, and a few of the more progressive members of Franco's authoritarian regime are anxiously trying to improve labor conditions. The Labor Ministry is preparing a bill to legalize "labor" strikes (as distinct from "political" strikes). Another measure of the regime's concern was the swift settlement of last week's trouble among the vineyard workers of Sanlucar and Jerez. As soon as word of the work stoppage was flashed to Madrid, a Labor Ministry official raced to Cadiz and pressured vineyard employers into bowing...